7 December 2018, a day from Mark’s past

Status: The editor for this Blog has changed and I don’t have time to figure it out this morning so I am keeping this simple.

Planned:Wife didn’t sleep at all and of course I didn’t sleep much either with all the drama.  All I can do now is run until I get to tired and will have to lay down for a nap.  (There is still one bed at the farm.)  I plan on getting breakfast here at the hotel at 6AM.  Drive to the farm with the car and drive the PU truck to grandpa’s.  Empty the box trailer and haul it back to mom’s farm and start loading up.  I don’t know what R has planned.

Narrative:Very busy day, sheesh.  Ate breakfast at 06:00, drove to Mom’s farm to get PU truck.  Loaded PU truck and drove it to grandpa’s.  Unloaded PU truck and unloaded box trailer.  Attached box trailer and headed back to mom’s farm. Auntie showed up and she took a load of trash to the recycling center while I loaded the box trailer by rolling the heavy furniture into the trailer.  She found out that the recycling center near her accepts furniture, so we both drove there and unloaded two recliners, two dressers, mom’s old mattress and a large headboard.  Auntie was glad they all didn’t end up at her place.  Our second load was about 10 bags of trash and the couch from the living room.   We broke for lunch and started cleaning the house with a box of large trash bags.  I grabbed Auntie and we brought another 16 bags of trash to the recycling center.  We’re working on the stuff we brought into the living room and the stuff on the porch.  (There’s nothing on the lawn)

M and D came to help later in the day and we broke down about 10 wire cages for transport to the recycling center tomorrow.  We also packed up a heavy table saw in D’s truck for recycling.  There is still quite a pile in front of the Bumpkin.  1st priority is to clear out the living room, then the porch.  Then the lawn on the Bumpkin, then the Bumpkin itself.  We have visitors at 12 Noon when work will cease for the day.

Status:The PU truck is full of wood components and the box trailer is empty tonight.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
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